Author: chronicler

Mining ban protesters blocked the two bridges over River Mandovi which connect Porvorim with Panaji. The blockade started at around 11:45 am and lasted till about 2:40 pm. Commuters were inconvenienced with many domestic, foreign tourists and locals resorting to walk towards the nearest available transport. Besides, the motorists were forced to halt in queues…

The ban on mining activity in Goa has come into force from Friday. It has plunged one of the pillars of Goan economy into an uncertainty. The Supreme court last month had cancelled 88 mining leases (renewed in 2015) in the state and had asked for them to be auctioned. The Apex court had given…

Goa Forward party leader Vijai Sardesai on Sunday claimed that the state was face an ’emergency-like situation because of the crisis in its mining sector. The Supreme Court had recently cancelled 88 mining leases renewed in 2015. The leases are to cease operations by March 15. “This is a transitional period and these are challenging…

Vasco MLA and Kadamba Transport Corporation Limited (KTC) Chairman Carlos Almeida was shifted to Goa Medical College and Hospital (GMC) from a private hospital on Friday. He is currently under observation. The MLA had been rushed to a private hospital on Thursday after suffering from a minor stroke. According to the authorities of the hospital,…

Anyay Rahit Zindagi, a NGO that has been working in the field of human trafficking in Goa has claimed on Friday that nearly 25 per cent of women rescued from the flesh trade in the state are from massage parlours. The organisation also claimed that most of the foreign women rescued are from Nepal and…

Goa Ministers have been empowered to sanction expenditures of upto Rs. 1 crore in the absence of Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar. The CM is currently under medical treatment in the US for an pancreatic ailmemt. Before leaving for Mumbai for a medical check-up, Parrikar had allowed expenditure up to Rs. 50 lakh by the State…

Goa chief minister Manohar Parrikar will travel to the US for treatment in the early hours on Wednesday, a top BJP leader informed on Tuesday. Parrikar was admitted to Mumbai Lilavati Hospital on Monday for a check-up. “The chief minister will fly to the USA tomorrow (Wednesday) by an early morning flight at 1.30 am…